THE INMO recorded the highest number of patients waiting on trolleys for the month of February since records began.
There were 121 patients waiting on trolleys in the hospital during the month which beats the previous highest figure of 118 in February 2010.
Nationally there were 9,657 patients waiting on trolleys beating the previous high of 7,729 from 2011.
Reacting to the latest figures, Liam Doran, INMO General Secretary said: “These figures truly confirm the scale of the crisis from overcrowding. This level of overcrowding inevitably leads to the care of patients being compromised and frontline staff being overworked. The ED Taskforce, meeting today, must now agree the range of actions necessary to alleviate this crisis and allow patients be cared for appropriately with privacy and dignity,” he said
Here is the figures of patients waiting on trolleys Kerry General Hospital in the month of February since records began in 2007:
2007 – 79 patients
2008 – 116 patients
2009 – 38 patients
2010 – 118 patients
2011 – 48 patients
2012 – 42 patients
2013 – 82 patients
2014 – 74 patients
2015 – 121 patients
